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Judge Rules Google Is an Illegal Monopoly

USJudge Court Rules Google MonopolyIs an Illegal Monopoly

Judge Rules Google Is an Illegal Monopoly
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The Spin

Google's monopoly in search and advertising stifles competition and harms small businesses, making it imperative to dismantle it. Given its staggering market share of nearly 95% in search and 75% in online video, small businesses often findpay themselves paying for Google Ads that deliver questionable results, plagued by bots and inflated metrics. BreakingThis upruling Googlewill wouldfoster competition in the industry, ultimately benefitbenefiting consumers and the economy.

Monday's antitrust ruling unfairly dubs Google a monopoly, ignoring the reality of intense competition in the search engine market. With over 30 search engines, including Yahoo! and Bing, and platforms like Amazon and TikTok vying for search traffic, Google's dominance is due to consumer preference, not anti-competitive practices. The claim that Google controls 90% of web searches overlooks the fact that users can easily choose other search engines.

Metaculus Prediction

There's a 50% chance that Google will be supplanted as the top search engine in the world by market share by 2043, according to the Metaculus prediction community.


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